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A Leader of Speeches Only!

Nadia Khan May 4, 2009

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#25 Posted by tahir on May 10, 2009 8:33:05 am
Why did I miss THIS article?

Yes it is Tafa London wala, MI-5 wala, kulfi wala, choosni wala, Ray Ban sunglasses wala, phone-sex wala, Nine Zero wala, flop marriage wala, phool-meiN-shabih-daykhney wala...
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#24 Posted by banjara286 on May 6, 2009 8:13:07 pm
Re: # 23
sure, by all means. go ahead. whoz stopping u?
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#23 Posted by Fouz on May 6, 2009 8:08:23 pm
Re: # 22

Yes. And I believe one of the reasons for going overboard is because the idea of thinking about him as just another human politician with all his weaknesses and faults is very appealing. If we can make fun of a bearded chap who later got killed in Lal Masjid firing, why not him.
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#22 Posted by banjara286 on May 6, 2009 8:01:33 pm
frankly, people r going overboard with this!
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#21 Posted by Fouz on May 6, 2009 6:25:47 pm
Re: # 20
Yeah. You only have to look at the name. Our guy shares the same first two initials with another wonderful chap whose name I temporarily forget. A little blot of hair under his nose and the same capacity of uber self delusion was his hall mark too. They may share the same ailments in other parts of their body as well.
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#20 Posted by Catchy on May 6, 2009 10:30:46 am
Guess who he is!!!

He is Pakistan's icon for hypocricy. Pir of Fitnas and the most coward politician of Pakistan who can't enter in his own city fearing death and how many deaths are attributed to him including of his best friend and co-founder of MQM - Azeem Ahmad Tariq - for having a opinion difference to this Nazi style Mafia leader.
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#19 Posted by banjara286 on May 6, 2009 4:51:35 am
Re: # 18 leenah
sorry, i was thinking of ur earlier post (#6 i think).
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#18 Posted by leenah on May 6, 2009 4:38:09 am
Re: # 17,

"On another note though, probably everyone doesn't need to be 'copied' to be made hilarious. Some are gifted with intrinsically embedded systems to be public entertainers without being parodied.
I marvel at the gushing talent though!"


How do I relate your question to my comment?
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#17 Posted by banjara286 on May 6, 2009 2:50:45 am
nadia, leenah:
not that i would ever dream of speaking up for pir sab londonwala, but for honesty's sake which leader in pakistan is not a leader of speeches alone?

i was surprised (and disappointed) to learn that our pir sab has exactly the speaking talent of shaykh mujeeb. frankly, though i didn't bother to listen to him myself, i had much better opinion of the latter's oratorial and leadership abilities. how could the leader of 100+ million bengalis have been such a nincompoop?

frankly, i can't even be paid to listen to 30 seconds of pir sahib's trash; and i am a urdu-speaking karahciite. i guess we r vastly different from the bengalese after all.
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#16 Posted by muqaddam on May 6, 2009 2:42:50 am
Some have the gift of oratory , some don't. It is the latter that need to stand in front of a mirror and rehearse. Nothing bad in it.
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#15 Posted by parthaab on May 6, 2009 1:18:04 am
Re: # 13

I wonder what you smoke!

But on a more serious note, I wish you were more rational in your thinking. One way to do this, I found in a feminist site ( I will be as discrete as possible here ). And here it is : to remember whenever you see any guy, that 99.99%, you would nt see any more of him anyway! That way, you become more rational and fair in your thinking about them! Geesh! When only will males learn these tricks?

;)
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#14 Posted by iron_mask on May 6, 2009 1:09:08 am
Re: # 13 BJ2, maybe you need to send him a few damsels and those blue bills
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#13 Posted by BJ2 on May 6, 2009 12:34:20 am

Re: # 12

I had this strange dream (actually, a nightmare) the other night. In the dream, Parthab was earnestly entreating "WAKE UP MALES, SPEAK UP!" except he was talking to himself and his gaze was firmly glued to his own mid-region.
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#12 Posted by parthaab on May 6, 2009 12:17:26 am
It is clear from the adverts issued by the Congress that it sees elections as a time to reap votes of women, as the 'reward' for its Domestic Violence law - set with a 18th century mindset. Any GENUINELY modern party of the 21st century, SHOULD infact be gender NEUTRAL, and have on its agenda :

1. Ragging laws will be implemented strictly. Sexual ragging will be tried as rape.
2. Personal laws will be amended to abolish genital mutilation below 18 years
3. Negative stereotyping of males in Media Advertisements will be monitored and penalised under strigent laws
4. Old age benefits will apply to all, Irrespective of gender
5. 'Divorce benefits' will be abolished and 'alimony' ( a 19th century christian relic ), will be scrapped in Hindu India
6. All fresh recruitments to IT/ITES/air crew/nursing, etc etc., will be strictly monitored for gender bias.
7. 498a and DV will be abolished. Child custody and defamation laws will be framed.
8. No weightage for gender for taxation purpose.
9. Bogus 'research', defaming males, and reports made from womens version alone without verification, and their publishers, to be severely punished under new laws
10. Monetary inducements for young boys and teachers to improve performance in examinations.

These demands, should naturally culminate in the natural plea for a Mens Welfare Ministry.

According to WHO, the DV and 498a acts, are the PRIMARY weapons for elderly abuse in India today! The men maybe innocently asleep. But the Congress is seeking to make financial extortion from males at the ever increassing divorces, legal in exchange for votes from the powerful feminist groupings.

WAKE UP MALES! SPEAK UP!
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#11 Posted by leenah on May 5, 2009 11:57:23 pm
Re: # 10
Ooops :P

On another note though, probably everyone doesn't need to be 'copied' to be made hilarious. Some are gifted with intrinsically embedded systems to be public entertainers without being parodied.
I marvel at the gushing talent though!

Hey Nadia, bravo girl. Very nice.
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#10 Posted by Fouz on May 5, 2009 10:09:37 pm
Re: # 6
Leenah, it is only after being a najeebut tarfain Karachiite for so long that I am asking this question. About time that we have some political equality. :)
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#9 Posted by vanguard on May 5, 2009 9:03:39 pm
do read my ilog entry on a similar vein

why MQM loses it propaganda war
http://chowk.com/ilogs/71847/31144
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#8 Posted by parthaab on May 5, 2009 8:09:59 pm

Here is the truth :

80% of divorce 'cases' are started by the female of the species. And the REAL reason is not hard to come by : women cannot suffice with one sexual partner. According to a recent study in Britain, girls under 21 accepted having far more sleep mates than their male counterparts.

Of course, our misandrous society and its media, can never some to terms with this fact, and will insist on his paying up for the divorce as though it was His mistake!

Assuming of course, that she does not want to harass him with lawyers and the police to extort as much money from him as possible before the 'heart-rending' break-up!
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#7 Posted by Taji on May 5, 2009 7:39:46 pm
It is so refreshing to see this article, finally some one wrote about the Bhai of Karachi. As for Bahi's speech style, I have always wondered how can any reasonably educated person listen to such theatrical pronouncements with a serious face, let alone with rapt adoration.
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#6 Posted by leenah on May 5, 2009 7:15:59 pm
Re: # 3
Its not only about 4Man Show at Aaj (which by the way has an inclination towards right), take for that matter any show: Hum Sab Umeed Say Hain at Geo or Saad Haroon's The Real News at Play, no one does so. And no, no prizes for guessing why!

PS: Seems like you haven't had much of a touch with Karachi.
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#5 Posted by Skeptical on May 5, 2009 6:45:57 pm
Re: # 3
Well they wont do it simply because they will be killed...have you ever noticed that everyone is joked upon apart from Bhai jaan.......zinda rehna bhee zaroori hai na
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#4 Posted by bhs75 on May 5, 2009 6:45:44 pm
he got british passport and there was a pic of him in the "daily sun" showing it proudly to the press like it's a passport to heaven.

has anyone see where he stays in london? it's like beverly hills of london all the rich people live there and I think he is the only person in UK whose motorade is accompanied by men armed with AKs and they roam around in london. and I am amazed the british govt. has no problem with that to such public display,not a single word. but hey they were quick to capture 9 innocent students and then "forgive" them instead of apologyzing.

who says he is poor? I do not think there is any party or even oragnisation in pakistan who receives that much donations from it's people, and where do you think that money goes? oh he's had it good and it's set to support not him but his generations to come as well.

but why we blame him for having fun by using his own people? isn't that was other parties are doing also? go figures!!!
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#3 Posted by Fouz on May 5, 2009 6:05:03 pm
Re: # 2
I suppose Bhai already has a British Passport otherwise the pic that I saw on Chowk was a deadly resemblance of another man with another name :)

By the way, now that someone has finally been able to muster enough courage to write something about him without reference to images cropping up on crouton leaves and even home-made breads, I have a question. Why would the Media leave out such a wonderful chap in their skits? I mean the other day I saw on Youtube those 4-Man Show guys doing amazing parodies of Javed Miandad and Shahrukh Khan. Why not him? Lord knows there is so much material there! And they can run a million rupee ad in between because all the world would be watching.
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#2 Posted by ejazharoon on May 5, 2009 5:20:28 pm
Does Altaf Bhai talk British yet? He and Bilawal Bhutto could become Her Majesty's subjects if they applied for UK passports, given their length of residence in that country.
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#1 Posted by banjara286 on May 5, 2009 11:35:14 am
"Guess who he is!!!"

i dunno. could u give us a hint :-)?
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